Review Future X-Cops

Andy Lau is a veteran in Hong Kong film and music industry for more than three decades. As a kid I always consider him a hero, when other children idolize super hero and comic character. With such great film resume which mostly comprises of various genres like crime gangster, comedy, gambling, and period martial art movies, he was considered the most mainstream actor his generation. One notable film which I consider cult is Savior of the souls 1991. I watched the movie 10 times at the time. Twice in theatre and the rest I saw it on home video and it even played on television. When I was young, I considered him, Chow yun-fat, and Stephen Chow the king of all kings of the world of cinema especially when Hong Kong cinema was at its peak in late 1980s. As time goes by, of course I began to peek at the Hollywood movies which were much more superior at that time and sort of ditch Hong Kong cinema which hit all time low during mid 1990s with ubiquitous exploitation movies. But those three actors I mentioned above survive and now when cinema of Hong Kong is reviving, they remain the kings of Hong Kong cinema but of course no longer the kings in my eye.

Future X-Cops is the first foray of Hong Kong cinema in science fiction picture. Although, the visual effect is a bit clumsy, I really respect the effort of the filmmakers to do something different and refuse to stick to regularities. What I can’t accept though, is the ridiculous and poor storyline that really is silly and immature. Lau plays Kidd, Hong Kong cops in the year 2080. In the wake of his wife death protecting one Dr. Masterson, he then travelled back into the year 2020 to stop the evil power killing young Dr. Masterson. Enough said, I can’t even express how ridiculously bad the plot really is. The film which is directed by Jing Wong, who specializes in mainstream and commercial movies, had directed one of the worst movies this year. It does not really make sense for all the stars to join in this garbage even if big paycheck is involved, I would suppose Lau does not really need additional load in his account for risking his career in this picture. But the nationalism spirit did kick him in due to the fact that it is really the first bid budget Hong Kong movie in Science Fiction genre. Too bad, it though I revere the technical aspect, I despise the plot.

"Future X-Cops" is unrated but contain comic violence. One Star out of Four (D). -Mulyadi Tjoa, MIS officer @ P.T. Freeport Indonesia-